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Even if Archduke Franz Ferdinand was not killed, the fact that the assassination was tried would have been enough in itself to start World War I.
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Originally posted by elijah
Sound familiar? *cough*911*cough*? |
I dont see any simularties with 9-11. Would you like to point them out?
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Jack_www
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Originally posted by elijah
Pretty much. Sava, while you are completely correct and I do not accuse dubya for 9/11, it has been relatively public knowledge that the increasinly powerful PNAC has been waiting for "another pearl harbour", that can be used to justify what can only be described as American imperialism. |
The United States has had many chances in History to justify as you say " American imperialism." So what make this time any different from the rest? From what I have seen in Iraq their is little benfit for the US to occupy Iraq for an extend period of time and make it part of the United States. This would only cause more problems then it is worth.
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Big Up The Macedonian Massive
Apr 2000
time: 05:29
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as others have said, it is diffcult to see how ww1 could have been avoided, even a more limited war is difficult to imagine, considering the alliance system at the time. although it is possible to argue that britain might have stayed out of it (and, perhaps, have italy joining in on the german side), if belgium hadn't been attacked, but that's another thread... 
if the archduke hadn't died, or there wasn't an attempt on his life, then another pretext would have been found and used by austria to start a war against serbia, which in turn would have dragged russia in etc. etc.
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Zulu Elephant
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Does anyone else think that if Britain had stayed out of WWI, the Germans could have had a (relatively) quick victory, taken some French colonies and Russian land and the rest of the century would have gone a lot better?
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CPA - Evil Clone brigade
Nov 2001
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Actually, I'm not sure WW1 would have remained imminent if Europe had to wait a few more years before a new pretext presented itself.
At that time, many of the problems that came with African / Asian colonization were solved or in the way of being solved, and Germany was on the way of supplanting the UK as #1 economic power, i.e the war could have been useless for Germany a few years later.
The Tsar was extremely gung-ho at this time because he needed a quick and easy war (all leaders believed the war would be quick and easy in 1914) to get support from hiw rebellious population. With a few years more, Russia could either have fallen into revolutionary hands, or could have been industrialized enough for famines (and famine revolts) to stop. That would have made the Tsar's popularity concerns irrelevant.
The French wanted Alsace and Lorraine back, as they had been conquered by Germany in 1970. The whole French nationalism was fueled by the loss of Alsace - Lorraine, but essentially was fueled by the 3rd Republic, which was still young and fragile at that time, and needed an easy way to get unity behind it (i.e hardcore nationalism). With a few more years, the Republic could have been more stable, and could have dropped the hardcore nationalism that resulted in the French enthusiasm to join the war.
As a summary, if Franz Ferdinand hadn't been killed, and if this non-assassination had bought a few years time of peace, WW1 could have not happened, because the keg of powder could have disappered by itself.
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19-06-2003 00:54
while I recognize that 9-11 is being used for justifying this Iraq war, there isn't enough evidence to suggest it was a plot or a "reichstag fire". I may hate Bushy, but I doubt he's responsible for 9-11 or could have prevented it.
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